The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-02

provided aid is raised and right of way is Sc
cured. The engineers have the estimates of the
work completed.
The Cairo. Vincennes & Chicago road earned
the thir1 week in April, s14 269 an increase of
81 954 over earnings for the corresponding week
. IN 1856.
In Russia on all of the northern roads the
locomotives hitherto burning wood or coal are
being adapted TO peat burning, the saving being
30 per cent
After May Is the Union Pacific will bring live
stock from any Texas point TO the Northern
markets at a reduction of 10 per cent on the
present rates.
The uniting of the Gulf. Colorado e. Santa Fe
system with the Atchison. Topeka q Santa Fe
unites Kansas City and Galveston with an I'M
broken line of steel rails
The Atchson Topeka & Santa Fee, which oper-
ates the Kansas Southern road, to-day will COM
mence running its trains, both freight and pas
seneer over the Kiowa extension
The bridge over the klamath river, the
Oregon & California road, was completed Sat
urday, and to-day trains will commence running
to a point seven miles north of the river.
The Missouri Pacific car and machine shops
have been located at Atchison by General Man
ager Clarke They are TO be built on the west
ern limits of that city. aud will be the central
shops of the Missouri Pacific system.
The Pullman car company has been building
a number of palace sleeping coaches for the
Pacific coast service. There are thirty-eiRht of
them, and they bear the names of the more
prominent cities and towns located on the
Pacific coast
President Keep, of the Chicago & Northwest
ern, intends to resign his position shortly He
has been president of the road fourteen years.
and resi- gns because he wants more rest and less
confinement Marvin Hughitt is spoken of as
his successor.
The Eastern trunk lines out of Chicago have
decided to reduce the rates On dressed sheep to
the same figure as on other dressed meats
shipped to Eastern markets. This action IS
more important than it may seem on the read
ing. as it shows that the American roads will
not allow the Canadian roads to steal any ad-
vantage under the new law.
w. F. Griffiths, commissioner of the Omaha
Freight Bureau, and former vice president of the
Union Pacific road has been elected vice-presi
dent of the Oregon e. Washington Territory
road. The company was recently organized, and
has commenced the construction of road
through Oregon and Washington Territory in
the direction OF Puget sound.
Manager Brown, of the Pullman Car Company,
wrote letter to legislative friend in which he
stated that the Pullman company was making
only per cent. dividends on its investment; that
it did not have one dollar of watered stock and
that the company made on an average only $11. rs
per day on each car run. He further stated that
on most of the roads in Illinois the cars were run
at a loss, and that it was on the long runs the
money was made.
The donation of SO 600 from Fort Smith.
Ark, and the bond required by the Missouri
Pacific railroad secured yesterday. In
consideration of this generous treatment on the
part of Fort Smith, the railroad company has
entered into contract to construct at once
another southeasterly to New Orleans connec-
ton. besides building across the river, at Fort
Smith. bridge for railroad and wagon traffic.
''The developments of the last few days." says
one of the general passenger agents who believes
that at the proper time the payment of commits
sions will cease, ''show that E. A. Ford. general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania. is receiv-
ing more abuse in the matter than he deserves.
He is simply carrying out the instructions Of his
superiors, and had he not done so his head
would have dropped into the basket. The facts
in he cqS gai6 he
presidents of the trunk lines without exception,
agreed, on a certain day to issue notice SINH
lar in character TO that issued by the Pennsyl-
vania lines, boycotting the Western lines which
insisted on paying commissions. The Pennsyl-
vania lines carried out the spirit of the agree
ment to the letter. while the other trunk lines
delayed in the matter. which made the Penn
sylvanla seem to be the leader in the movement,
when it was only party to it. AT the meeting
at Chicago, on Thursday, 1t developed that there
a good deal of difference in opinion among
the Pennsylvania officials and those of other
lines the latter showing disposition to act very
hono-ably in their efforts to make peace with
the roads which are boycotted"